2 Corinthians 7

1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Sidan me då hev desse lovnaderne, mine kjære, so lat oss reinsa oss frå all ureinskap på kjøt og ånd og fullføra vår helging i Guds age!

2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.

Gjev oss rom! Ingen hev me gjort urett, ingen hev me skadt, ingen hev me gjenge for nær.

3 I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

Ikkje til fordøming for dykk segjer eg dette; for eg hev sagt det fyrr, at de er i våre hjarto til å døy med oss og liva med oss.

4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

Stor er mi tiltru til dykk, stor er mi ros yver dykk, eg er fyllt med trøyst, eg er ovrik på gleda i all vår trengsla.

5 For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.

For då me kom til Makedonia, hadde vårt kjøt ikkje heller ro, men me vart trengde på alle måtar; utantil var strid, innantil otte.

6 Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

Men Gud, som trøystar det nedtrykte, han trøysta oss ved Titus’ koma,

7 and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

men ikkje berre ved koma hans, men og ved den trøyst han var trøysta med yver dykk, med di han fortalde oss um dykkar lengting, dykkar gråt, dykkar ihuge for meg, so eg vart endå meir glad.

8 For though I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you grieve, though just for a while.

For um eg og i brevet gjorde dykk sorg, so angrar eg det ikkje, um eg og fyrr angra det; for eg ser at det brevet gjorde dykk sorg, um og berre ei stund.

9 I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

No gled eg meg, ikkje for di de fekk sorg, men for di de fekk sorg til umvending; for de fekk sorg etter Gud, so de på ingen måte skulde hava skade av oss.

10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

For sorgi etter Gud verkar umvending til frelsa, som ingen angrar; men sorgi til verdi verkar daude.

11 For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vindication! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.

For sjå, dette same at de fekk sorg etter Gud, kor stor ihuge verka ikkje det hjå dykk, ja forsvar, ja harm, ja otte, ja lengting, ja brennhug, ja refsing! I alt viste de at de var reine i denne saki.

12 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

Um eg då og skreiv til dykk, so var det ikkje for hans skuld som gjorde urett, eller for hans skuld som leid urett, men for di at dykkar umhug for oss skulde verta openberra hjå dykk for Guds åsyn.

13 Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

Difor er me trøysta. Og attåt vår trøyst kom den langt større gleda yver Titus’ gleda; for hans ånd er uppkveikt av dykk alle.

14 For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

For um eg til honom hev uttala meg med ros yver dykk, hev eg ikkje vorte til skammar; men liksom me hev tala alt til dykk med sanning, so hev og vår ros til Titus vorte sanning.

15 His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.

Og hans kjærleik til dykk er endå sterkare, når han minnest lydnaden hjå dykk alle, korleis de tok imot honom med age og otte.

16 I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.

Eg gled meg yver at eg i alt kann lita på dykk.